Sentence examples for description stand from inspiring English sources

And tempting though it is to let that description stand for the man, those who knew him said it should be noted that he also was a man who sought solace in the outdoors.

Ambitious young professionals, just starting out it in their careers want to go above and beyond the job description, stand out to their employers, and establish themselves as superstars.

His description stands in contrast to Argentines' disillusionment with their current president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Ostentatious language is always a danger when using narrators from the distant past, but Hollingshead's descriptions stand tastefully back from such overexuberance: a land crab becomes "a rat in armor," a keeper at the madhouse is an albino with "a cherry-pit-and-porridge complexion"; the sun is "a solar disk the color of soot-streaked copper".

These romantic descriptions stand in sharp contrast to the organized killing and destruction of war-making".[ 14] I would argue that what Perron and her colleagues have almost studiously overlooked are that these allegedly 'romantic descriptions' also stand in sharp contrast to any respectable historical account of the experiences of military nurses[ 1].

Nothing known about the case suggests that this description will stand up under examination.

The description still stands.

Based on these descriptions, I stand by my predictions.

The description largely stands the test of time, just as the city itself.

But, by his own description, he stood but 5 feet 7 inches and weighed 160 pounds "soaking wet with bricks in my pockets".

Thus, if ß is a description, 'ß stands for the referent/denotation of ß' does not state a brute fact about our use of ß.